Rishi Sunak has entered the race to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister. The former chancellor is the most high profile figure so far to announce his candidacy.

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Rishi Sunak has said it was his job when he was chancellor to question the cost of the government's Rwanda scheme but denied doubting it could work. Papers seen by the BBC this week suggested that ...

The abrupt departures of national leaders worldwide this year highlighted the volatility of political leadership. Figures ...

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to recognise the leading role that pharma companies are playing in the economy in this week’s budget. Sunak is due to make his closely-watched budget ...

Former Conservative chancellor Norman Lamont has urged Rishi Sunak to ignore calls from his own MPs to ditch inheritance tax.

After the most turbulent period in British politics in recent memory, Rishi Sunak became the UK's new prime minister last week. The 42-year-old former chancellor (finance minister) has a net worth ...

Rishi Sunak has been accused of giving tax cuts with one hand while taking with the other ... It came as Labour accused Mr ...

Giving evidence today is former Tory MP Sir Sajid Javid, who served as health secretary from June 2021 until July 2022 when he resigned alongside then chancellor Rishi Sunak, beginning the ...

Kemi Badenoch beat off Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly, who basically cocked it up, to win the Tory leadership race.

Rishi Sunak told MPs he is backing "not one, not two but three successful projects for the great city of Stoke-on-Trent" ...